East Coast Grill

{{Short description|Defunct restaurant in Cambridge, Massachusetts}}

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| street-address = 1271 Cambridge Street

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| postcode = 02139

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East Coast Grill & Raw Bar, commonly known as East Coast Grill, was a seafood and barbecue restaurant{{cite news |last1=Kuschner |first1=Erin |title=Gone but not forgotten: Hell Night is back to scorch your taste buds |url=https://www.boston.com/food/restaurants/2019/09/03/east-coast-grill-hell-night-returns/ |access-date=7 November 2022 |publisher=Boston.com |date=September 3, 2019}} in the Inman Square neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was opened by Chris Schlesinger in 1985. The restaurant was famous for their annual Hell Night which focused on super-spicy foods.{{cite news |last1=Doyle |first1=Terrence |title=East Coast Grill Is Gone for Real |url=https://boston.eater.com/2017/12/11/16761672/east-coast-grill-closed-highland-fried |access-date=7 November 2022 |publisher=Eater Boston |date=December 11, 2017}}

The restaurant was sold in 2012 to James Lozano, executive chef Jason Herd, and general manager Robin Greenspan. It closed permanently in 2016.

Legacy

The Boston dining scene, before they opened, was “ fancy, pricey and …a tad stodgy … (but East Coast Grill) managed to change the course of Boston’s dining future.”{{cite news |last1=White |first1=Marian |title=How East Coast Grill Birthed Boston’s Biggest Chef Mafia (Part 1) |url=https://www.americaninno.com/boston/how-east-coast-grill-birthed-bostons-biggest-chef-mafia-part-1/ |access-date=8 November 2022 |publisher=Boston Inno |date=April 8, 2015}} Staff included Andy Husbands and Tony Maws{{cite web |title=Chef Tony Maws of Craigie on Main - Biography |url=http://dc-litwol-dev.starchefs.org/chefs/bio/tony-maws |website=Star Xhefs |access-date=8 November 2022}}

Television

The restaurant was featured on Season 1, episode 8 of Man v. Food.{{cite web |title=Man V. Food Restaurants That No Longer Exist |url=https://www.mashed.com/1018944/man-v-food-restaurants-that-no-longer-exist/ |website=Mashed |access-date=7 November 2022}} It was also featured in his show Amazing Eats and on season 12 of Food Paradise.

Hell Night

Schlesinger called Hell Night a “Boston institution.”. In 2011, an ambulance had to be called for a diner who passed out from the food.{{cite news |last1=Kagan |first1=Aaron |title=Ambulance Called to East Coast Grill's Hell Night |url=https://boston.eater.com/2011/12/16/6629233/ambulance-called-to-east-coast-grills-hell-night |access-date=7 November 2022 |publisher=Eater Boston |date=December 16, 2011}} People who participated had to sign a Liability waiver.

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